Thursday, 19 November 2015

Word Of THe Day: The Curse of Cowardice

Culled and revised
sermon jottings from Dr. D.K Olukoya. General Overseer of the Mountain of fire
and Miracles Ministries.

Sermon Date: Wednesday,
17th November, 2015

@ MFM Headquarters,
Lagos.

The Curse of Cowardice

The
generation of believers today, unfortunately is the most powerless, since the
days of the apostles; they are so fearful. A lot of Christians have not been
able to fulfil God’s desire for their
life due to this factor; many have therefore held back the hands of God to give
them victory in all facet of their life. It is very paramount that Christians of
this Generation stand up with courage and defend the heritage of victory given
to us. This is when we will be able to restore the glory, honor and power of Christianity
in our lives.

The Curse of Cowardice

"For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life
for my sake, the same shall save it." {Luke 9:24}

oThe men and women of old
are fearless believers. The Men of old have gotten situations where they refuse
to die.

oThe believers of old are the
ones that confronted demons in the middle of the night.

There are men in the current generation; whom the lord placed in
this world to be mountain movers but they have refused to move any mountains.

"Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are
not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve
is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us
out of thine hand, O king." {Dan 3:16-17}

vShadrach, Meshach, Abednego refuse to fear the threats and boast
of the furnace fire and the king.

vInstead of them being consumed by the fire, their enemies were
consumed, their bondages broke and they also had the opportunity to meet with
Jesus, the fourth man in the fire.

They
were able to get this testimony, because; in their life, fear was dead.

üThe great apostle, Joseph Ayo Babalola was a man that fear was
dead in his life; he confronted satanic priests and conquered them.

In this
generation, many have been terrorized by the spirit of fear; they run from one
prophet to the other, from one mountain
to the other; but they refuse to deal with the real issue.

“Cursed
be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from
blood.” { Jer 48:10}

There is a curse for
he that refuses to fight. The person that has a weapon and refuses to use it.

"For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will
lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it." {Luke
9:24}

üThose who are afraid are inviting death

üNothing can be done to a person who is ready to die, who is not
afraid to die.

"The
slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets." {Prov
22:13}

üThis is what makes spokespeople do nothing and give excuses

"But the fearful,
and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: . . ." {Rev
21:8}

This
is the Judgment for the Fearful from God Himself.

oGods is definitely a God
of a peace, but there are times when we need to fight.

oIt is abnormal to maintain
peace, at the expense of our valuables.

Who
is the coward?

vOne who Lacks courage in facing danger.

vOne who is Chicken hearted.

vOne who commit sin by keeping quiet.

vOne who is too shy to evangelize Jesus.

vOne who is afraid to correct people going astray.

"And
the armies
which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath
of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND Lord OF LordS." {Rev
19:14-16}

vThis means that there are armies in heaven

vGod Himself is a fighter

vGod does notes refrain from fighting when it matters

This
is no gentle way of arresting something evil.

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Prayer Points

1.In the name of Jesus, I
refuse to fear, because God has not given me the spirit of fear, but of power
and of love and of a sound mind.

2.I bind the spirit of fear
in my life in the name of Jesus.

3.Every power behind every
activities of fear in my life, receive the wrath of god and be consumed in it,
in the name of Jesus

4.Every things I have fear
will not come upon me in Jesus

5.Everything I was afraid of
will not come to me in the name of Jesus

6.The local wickedness I
have ever been afraid of will not have a hold on me, in the name of Jesus

7.All negative doors that
the spirits of fear have opened in the past; be closed now, in the name of
Jesus.

8.Every disease oppressing
and depress that came into my life as a result of fear, disappear now, in the
name of Jesus

9.I refuse to be intimidated
by any demonic nightmare, in the name of Jesus.

10.Ever enchantment and invocation
of fear being made against me, I neutralized you and I command you to fall, in
the name of Jesus.